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(...) One small savings possible is that you do NOT need to jumper the outside rails! (think about it, they run through) So you can get away with a track power connector that connects to just the two inner rails... depending on whether you have more (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not sure I agree. I left traditional MR because I prefer the resiliency of the brick and don't have a lot of interest in soldering any more... (...) I think this is a valid argument in the general case but fails in my case for two reasons: (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Earlier there was some discussion about locomotives slipping (or possibly magnets disengaging) on steep slopes. My max slopes are as follows: Outer mainline: 1ppt Inner mainline: 2ppt Siding: 3ppt (1 brick per track) Right now I have a Locomotive (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'd love for you to bring it so we all can bask in its glory. Although I won’t be there on Friday cause I work! I'm sure others would like seeing it… (...) I'm lookin’ forward to discussing BrickWarz with everyone interested at T2. I believe (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Just 40 posts away…
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(...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Ordering from the UK
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(...) good point Rob... Thanks for the info...I didn't realize this was the case that the European shops (Lego Direct / Shop @ Home / etc) had sooo much better stuff in them. Of course, there is a draw-back....a lot of the harder to get, but newer (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'll throw in my current status, too: I've got the materials for my 3 & 2-half modules, and they're cut to size, but I haven't assembled them yet. I've built the landscape (the hard part) for two of my three main modules, plus the two train (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Having built a number of non-DCC reversing loops, I can tell you it's pretty straightforward to jumper using track power leads, as Larry suggests. It can get pricey if you're buying them from S@H, but I expect most trainheads have more leads and (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) IIRC there are pads on the bottom of the frog where jumper wires that could be soldered onto. But the track connectors idea is very doable, it should work great. (...) If you wanted to start a side business of selling integrated decoder plus (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I wonder if there is a way to cheat? That is, use track connectors to jumper the power to the unpowered rail. I have to take a close look at a turnout when I get home this weekend to make sure doing that doesn't cause shorts but I don't think (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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